Recent content by gav777

Sorry, yes meant joists (ahem) ... There are 6 boxes in total, 4 of 15kg, one of 20kg, one of 12kg (approx), they will all be at the edges of the room. I have a few more boxes, some heavy (15kg), some not so (5-10kg) which I was planning to put on the vinyl boxes - but only one level...

Hello, Due to someone moving into my 'music room' for 6 months, I was planning on moving all my vinyl in a small room on the 2nd floor of a Victorian Semi, along with a few lighter boxes - keyboards/decks etc. The room is at the front of the house/on the street (ie. external wall on one...

If there wasn't one, assuming a firebreak would need to be added for safety reasons or this is 'optional' ?

I did wonder re: the lighting, original wiring went around the tops of the walls so am wondering whether on the rewiring they got into the roof, wired it up and then closed the space they made (for what ever reason). Def no access hatch. Just off the phone to the council building...

Thanks for the advice - hopefully your point for 4 will not be applicable. As the space is sealed, I'm assuming that there is no cabling up there. There is certainly no plumbing unless it's some legacy stuff from many many years ago.

hi, At present have a small roof space - thinking 1.5m height at Apex in a 1850's Victorian semi. This roof space is 'closed' and I have a professional and trusted builder coming around to break into the roof space through the ceiling in my landing to access the roof to determine whether...